Pocket sales-register



A. S. SAMUELS AND J. RITTIGSTEIN. POCKET SALES REGISTER.

APPLICATION-FILED APR.23. 1911.

1,323,494 Patented De0.1919.

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ALBERT s. sAMUELs Ann JACOB RITTIGSTEIN, or sAn FRA1\TCISGO, CALIFORNIA.

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United States, and-residents of the cityand county of San Francisco, State of Califorma, have invented 51 new and useful Pocket Sales-Register, of which the following is a specification. Q

ur invention relates to sales registers.

' object of our invention is to provide a sales register adapted to be carried in the pocket of the clerk using it.

other object of our invention is to proa sales register-which will prevent dishonest handling of money. received from customers.

The invention possesses other features of advantage,

some of which, with the'foregoing, will be 'set' forth in the scription of thi'preferred form of'our invention which 1 illustrated in fication. It is to be understood that 'we do not limit ourselves the said drawings F 1g. 2 is a vertical section taken length wise of the register.

tertaken on theline' 3-3 of Fig. 2.

1g. 4 is a perspective view ofa portion of the register.

Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 55 ofFig.2.v

The sales register of our invention con.- sists of a rather thin, flat, metallic casing su h size and proportions as to slip easily intothe salesmans coat pocket or an apron pocket if the clerk be a woman. The question of size is a very important considsince it is essential in fixing personal responsibility upon each individual that his register be. of such size that it is conveniently carried upon his person. The casing 4 is protided with a cover. 5 preferably. inged-thereto at one of the long sides G and thecover is aimed to receive a spindle 9: threaded at Specification'o'f Letters Patent i.

RITTIGSTEIN, citizens of the I the magazine roll tive relation with the, triplicate strlps of sales ch following de-' y sides-of the platen are turned the drawings to form, flanged. accompanying and forming part of the speci 139 M he co er to the showing made byand description, as we may adopt variations of the preferred form our invention as set forth The platen is arranged to lie regis -fi atentea Dec. 2, was.

Application filed April 23, 1917. Serial No. 163,784.

' one endan'd having a knurled thumb nut 10 .at the other'end. The spindle is adapted to hold a magazine roll 12 comprising triplicate strips S, S and S. of sales checks wound on-a suitable core.

' At the end of the casing opposite from x is mounted a resilient feed roll 13 which is operated by the thumb Wheel 14. Mounted in the cover immediately above the roll 13 is a second resilient feed roll 16 which is brought into operaroll 13'when the cover is closed. Lying between the magazine roll and the feed rolls is a platen 17 across which ecks pass. Preferably the platen is hinged to the casing in the same line with the cover and at v the .opposite side is supported by 18 .formed on or in the casing 4:.

downwardly edges 17 and 17 and this positions the body of the platen closely ad- An aperture is formed in the cover so ,thatthe sales check exposed upon the 'plate'nm'ay be written on.

In order to'keep the sales check strips smooth and tight'uponthe platen, means are PIOVlClGd for frictionally resisting the passage ofthe strips across the platen and this means consists of fiat or integralwith the body of the platen and pressing against the under side of the cover. close to the cover and when the sales check strips are passed between cover and platen the springs 21 frictio'nally' resist the movement so as to keep the strips in slight tension.

cans are and extending on both sides over the grooves.

en the cover is closed the beads press the paper into the grooves and clamp it securely in place.

The uppertwo sales check strips S and .'S arearranged' to be discharged from the machine, one check for the cashier and one for the customer. The third and lower strip S is retained in the caslng for the use of the flange Both long springs 21 aflixed to provided for holding two sheets of transfer paper between the check strips. Extending along each long edge of the platen the magazine roll by the folds of the accumulating secret strip isprevented by a partition 26 extendin across the casing in front of the magazine roll. Preferably'we.

form this partition as an integral portion of the platen 17.

contact with each other at each end. This It is contemplated that only the cashier or other oflicial will have access to the inside of the pocket registers, and further that the registers will be deposited With the cashier when the clerk leaves the store. The

registers preferably bear a number such as indicated at 27 identifying the register with the particular individual who alone is to use it.

To insert a magazine roll in thepocket register, the cover and platen are turned back and the magazine roll set in position. The spindle 9 is then inserted and screwed home and the platen turned down into place. The bottom strip S is next laid across the platen and around the feed roll .13, the end being thrust down between the roll and the end of the casing. A sheet of transfer pa-.

per is then laid transversely across the strip S and the strip S followed by another sheet of transfer paper and the strip S is laid down upon .the first strip,- the two strips S and S extending out over'the roll 13. The cover is nowclosed and locked, clamping the edges of the transfer paper so that the sheets cannot move when the strips are fed forward; and bringing the roll 16 into operative relation with the roll 13, so that a turning of the thumb .wheel 14 effects a tractlve effort upon the strips. Preferably the surfaces of both rolls are formed of rubber or comparable material and the diameter is preferably slightly greater at the endsso that the rolls is to insure the proper and uniform feeding v of all of'the strips.

Insteadof two transfer sheets arranged between the three sales check strips, we may prefer .touse but one double-faced transfer f sheet disposed between thefstrips S and S 1 making the strip S of transparent material azine r011 12 revolves freely on the spindle so that the carbon impression upon theback [may be read in the usual manner.

It will be understood that since the mag- 9, there is'no way in which the magazine roll in the locked'casing can be turned to Wmd up the strips once they have been unrolled. A ratchet mechanism of the usual well-known typemay be incorporated if desired, to prevent a rewinding of the strips,

' but the free rotation of the roll upon the spindle is deemed sufiicient to guard agamst this.

We claim:

1. A pocket sales register, comprising a casing, a platen arranged in said casing and having a down-turned end adapted to form a partition across said casing, means for supporting said platen in said casing, a

cover for Saidcasing having an aperture therein above said platen and means for feeding sales check strips across said platen, said casing having a curved wall for directing one of saidstrips rearwardly under said platenagainst said partition.

2. A sales register, comprising a casing of a size adapted to fit in a coat pocket, a

cover for said, casing having an aperture therein, a platen below saidaperture, means for supporting said platen in said casing, lips formed on adjacent edges of said cover and casing to form a slot therebetvveen, a

feed roller mounted in said cover adjacent said lips, a second feed roller ada ted to contact with the first-named fee roller mounted in said casing, means .at the opposite end of said casing for holding a magazine roll, sprin s on said platen arranged to' bear against t e cover, and means for securing the cover. to said casing.

3-. A pocket sales register, comprising a casing, an apertured cover'hi'nged to said casing, a platen hinged to said casing and lying below theaperture in said cover, means for supportin the free end of said hinged platen, springs on said platen adapted to press against said cover, and means for preventing the opening of said cover. 4. A'sales register, comprising a flat casing, a cover for said casing having an aperture therein,-al platen below said aperture, a magazine roll of sales check strips arranged at one end of said platen in said cas- 111g platen in said casing, the'wall of said casing adjacent said feed roll being curved, whereby one of said strips is directed around said roll and below saidplaten. z

' In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands at San Francisco, California, this 9th day of April, 1917.

ALBERT s. sAMUELsJ JACOB .RITTIGSTEIN. In presence of-- I Y I I C. S. :EVANB.

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